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Galeon/1.3.8
Description of problem:
The battstat sucks up too much CPU. There is a patch that works:
http://www.its.caltech.edu/~dmoore/battstat/
The explanation there is better than I can give without stealing his
text...
Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
severn version and rawhide version
How reproducible:
Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. run battstat on an inspiron 8500 from dell
2. type top
3. look
Actual Results: 12% CPU or more being burned
Expected Results: 0% CPU being burned
Additional info:
I should have reported this a long time ago...

Yes, it's been reported upstream here:
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=88553
However, I think the gnome-applets maintainers might need a nudge to get this
patch merged. Any help with that would be appreciated. I know debian also has
a bug filed on this problem.

This patch is great but the ac/battery status icon does not update
most of the time when unplugging and plugging in the ac... is there a
way to have the battery polled as is in the patch but maybe have the
ac polled more frequently?

If anyone is still have problems with the patched version of battstat,
please try the patch here:
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=129167
It fixes an important bug in my earlier patch that may cause the AC
icon to not update properly, especially observed with Fedora users.